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THE LOVE FOR MOUNTAINS

Instructors:
Sensei Beate Genko Stolte

Description:

JUNE 29 UPDATE: THIS RETREAT IS CANCELLED

Because of the forest fires in northern New Mexico and restricted access to wildlands, this retreat has been cancelled. Please contact the registrar (registrar@upaya.org) for more information if you have signed up for this retreat.

Roshi Joan wrote in her book The Fruitful Darkness/ chapter: “the way of the mountains”: “Whether we know it or not, we need to renew ourselves in the territories that are fresh and wild. We have to come home through the body of alien lands. For some, these journeys of change are taken intentionally and mindfully.” From ancient times people have come to the mountains for refuge and restoration. We will meditate and walk in the mountains, opening our heart/mind to the beauty and power of nature. We will begin the days with early morning meditation in the temple, then starting our daylong hikes in the beautiful mountains around Santa Fe, Dharma talk and discussion with Sensei Beate Genko Stolte, group-council at the last day.

Good physical health and hiking equipment are required.

Please bring the following items in a day pack:a 2-liter water bottle (minimum)rain geargood hiking shoes or bootssun block, a sun hat, lip protection

On hikes, please dress in layers so that you can respond to the changes in temperature.

More about the instructors:

Sensei Beate Genko Stolte is a Zen teacher who has practiced Zen for more than 20 years and was priest-ordained in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi ("Zen Mind, Beginners Mind").

She has degrees in business administration and fiscal law. She has lived, practiced, and taught in Zen Buddhist communities in the United States, Switzerland and Germany and visited Japan for Zen Buddhist studies.

As a co-founder of a German Buddhist Study Center, she served as president of the board for ten years as well as director. Sensei Beate Genko Stolte currently teaches in the USA and Europe.